DanMach
XS400 Addict
So my bike got frigen *soaked* at work today. Its been soaked a few times before, but this was the first time in 6 or 7 months. It started fine, I let it idle for a bit over a minute as I geared up, and took off.
It was fine for about half a mile then suddenly BANG! Backfire. Loss of power, felt like only had power on 1 cylinder, then about 20 seconds later(was pulling off to a hotel parking lot), BANG! Backfire.
Started running again.
I pulled over, let it idle, got off and checked everything. Oil was fine, everything was good, no leaks or sparks, so I got on and rode it the 20 miles home. No more issues. Ran fine, no odd vibrations or anything.
So I'm wondering, has anyone had this happen before? It wasn't raining when I went home, it had rained about 2 hours ago but it was pretty heavy. I know the sv650's will sometimes lose power in the front cylinder from water on the spark plugs.. but first time this occured on the 400j.
It was fine for about half a mile then suddenly BANG! Backfire. Loss of power, felt like only had power on 1 cylinder, then about 20 seconds later(was pulling off to a hotel parking lot), BANG! Backfire.
Started running again.
I pulled over, let it idle, got off and checked everything. Oil was fine, everything was good, no leaks or sparks, so I got on and rode it the 20 miles home. No more issues. Ran fine, no odd vibrations or anything.
So I'm wondering, has anyone had this happen before? It wasn't raining when I went home, it had rained about 2 hours ago but it was pretty heavy. I know the sv650's will sometimes lose power in the front cylinder from water on the spark plugs.. but first time this occured on the 400j.